Sir john strachey biography of michael

  • Holroyd's biography is a superb portrait of Strachey and the circle he moved in.
  • Early and education.
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    Works on Paper: The Craft of Biography and Autobiography

    May 21, 2018
    I am, I confess, something of a biography junkie. Being naturally nosy, I like few things better than reading about the lives of people more interesting and talented than myself. Traditionally I have always bought at least one ‘major’ biography for myself for Christmas, biography being for me the literary equivalent of a luxurious box of chocolates.

    I’m particularly partial to biographies of my favourite fiction writers, and have read a few truly great ones, such as Richard Ellmann’s study of Oscar Wilde, and Carole Angier’s on Jean Rhys. But I am occasionally troubled by a feeling of prurience. As revealing as it can be to learn about a writer’s journey towards publication, how they wrote, what fed their writing, I find myself just as interested in the ‘facts’ of these lives that have little or no bearing on the writing. If, as Barthes claims, only the text matters and not the author, where does that leave lit

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    John Strachey (politician)

    British politician and writer

    "John St Loe Strachey" redirects here. For the journalist and newspaper proprietor, see John Strachey (journalist).

    Evelyn John St Loe Strachey (21 October 1901 – 15 July 1963) was a British Labour politician and writer.

    A reporter by yrke, Strachey was elected to Parliament in 1929. He was initially a disciple of Oswald Mosley, and, feeling that the Second Labour Government was not doing enough to combat unemployment, joined Mosley in founding the New Party in 1931. He broke with Mosley later in the year and so did not follow him into fascism. Strachey lost his seat in 1931, was a Communist sympathiser for the rest of the 1930s and broke with the Communist Party in 1940.

    During the Second World War, Strachey served as a Royal Air Force officer in planning and public relations roles. He was once again elected to Parliament as a Labour MP in 1945 and held office beneath Clement Attlee as Minister of Food (he be

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    John Strachey, Part Two

    18th August 2024 by John P. Lethbridge

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    Introduction. Part one of this article looked at how John Strachey featured in the life and writings of George Orwel. Here In I give some background by looking at the life of (Evelyn) John (St Loe) Strachey.

    Family background. John Strachey was born on 21 October 1901 at Newlands Corner near Guildford, the youngest of three children and only surviving son of John St Loe Strachey who owned and edited the Conservative weekly the Spectator; and Henrietta Mary Amy Strachey née Simpson.

    John Strachey junior’s great-great grandfather Sir Henry Strachey was Private Secretary to Robert the 1st Lord Clive i.e. Clive of India. John Strachey junior and (Giles) Lytton Strachey, of Bloomsbury and Eminent Victorians, fame were second cousins once removed. To quote the Dictionary of National Biography, the Stracheys benefitted from Clive’s financial gains in India. This is putting it politely. The Strac